Sprinkler-top for containers.



W. C. NENSTIEHL. SPRINKLER TOP FOR CONTAINERS. APPLICATION FILED ocr.28. I9I4.

Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

WILLIAM-O. NENSTIEHL, F WLMINGTON, DELAWARE.

SPRINKLER-TOP FOR CONTAINERSQ LiNUX-3118.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 23, 19115.

Application filed October 2S, 1914.l Serial No. 869,096.

To all whom t may concer/lb.' l

Beit known that l, WILLIAM C. NENf s'rIEHL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and

a res'dent of Wilmington, county of New Castle, State of Delaware, haveinvented certain Improvements in Sprinkler-Tops for Containers, of whichthe following is a y specification.

panying drawing, in which :-i

My invention relates toV certain improvements in sprinkler tops forcontainers used in rsifting powder and granular material., such as salt,Washing powders, tooth powders, etc.

One object of my invention is to provide means for keeping the containernormally closed, yet allowing for the manipulation of the valve whilethe container is held in the hand.'` The moment the. valve is releasedit moves back tothe closed position.

A further'object of the invention is to rmake the spring member and thevalve in one piece. 4

These objects l attain in the following manner, reference being had toFigure 1' 1s a perspective. view of the upper portion of the container,illustrating my invention; Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view; Fig. 3is a plan view vwith the valve removed; Fig. 4 is a plan view with thevalve detached; and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a modification.

Referring to the drawings, l' is the con-1A tainer having a perforatedtop 2, in the present instance made integral with the container, but itwill be understood that it may be made separate and secured thereto inany suitable manner. 'In the top is a seriesl of perforations 3 and' oneside j is depressed to form a recess 4.`

5 is the valve having a depending tongue 6 forming thespring memberwhich is bent,

as shown, and rests within the recess 4; the lower end of the tonguebearing against the inner wall of the recess. lin the valveareperforations? which, 'when the-valve is moved to the open position,aline with .they` perforations Sin the vtop 2, allowir'ig material to beshaken from rthe oontainer.

ln order to 'hold kthejvalve on the'top, ll

punch projections 8 .from the top andvslot the valve 5 at 9 for the'reception ofthes'e the accoml these projections are turned down v`ontothe valve so as to hold it against the top, thus while the valve canslide laterally it'cannot move vertically olf the top.

In Fig. 5, I have shown a screw top which Y can be applied to anycontainer and the valve is located on this top in the same Inanner asthat shown in Fig. l, but in this case the depression 4 is omitted andthe tongue projects beyond the top and rests against the side thereof.

rlhe operation is as follows :-Th'e container is grasped by the handwith the thumb in contact with the tongue and, by pressing against thetongue'with the thumb, the valve is moved laterally until theperforations aline so that, when the sprinkler is inverted, the materialcan be shaken from the container, but as soon as the thumb is.

released the lspring tongue will return the valve to its normalposition, as in Fig. 2, cutting off the iiow of material and closing thereceptacle.

l claim 1. The combination with a container having a perforated top, ofa perforated valve mounted to slide on top of the container and having anarrow depending spring tongue at .onevside, saidtongue having its lowerend projecting inwardly and bearing on. the side of the container andtending to h/old the valve normally in the closed posi- -tionandserving, .when pressed, to'move the valve Lto the open position.

2.'.'l`he combination with a container hav'- ying a` perforated top andhaving a depression or recess in its wall 4at one side ofthe top, of aperforated valve mounted to slide at the top of the same and having adepending spring tongue disposed within said v recess, said `tonguehaving its lower 'end bearingagainst the container and retaining l'thevalve normally in the 'closed position and serving-when pressed, to movethe valve toV the, open position. i

n-testimonywhereof, I have signed my namel to this ,specicatiom in thepresence of twosubscribing witnesses.

y j wrLLrni/ro. NENsrrEHL.

iitnesses: v`

@Lann T. Mom, we. A.. BARR.

